Izzet Ascension

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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	800	1189–1343	47.0	11	69	23
Izzet Ascension	142	223–222	50.1	0	5	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–64	41.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	4–18	18.2
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–7	41.7
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	0–3	0.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–20	37.5
Affinity	8–18	30.8
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hexproof	0–3	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–1	50.0
Combo	24–28	46.2
Storm	2–4	33.3
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–3	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–4	20.0
Breakfast	3–7	30.0
Oops All Spells	3–7	30.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–3	25.0
Storm Herald	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	27–19	58.7
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	4–7	36.4
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	4–3	57.1
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	30–36	45.5
Aristocrats	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Hushnought	3–7	30.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	9–13	40.9
Goblin Persist	9–13	40.9
Aggro-Control	25–11	69.4
Izzet Tempo	11–2	84.6
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	25–18	58.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	5–7	41.7
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–11	57.7
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	13–8	61.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	11–4	73.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	34–37	47.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Blink	7–4	63.6
Graveyard Value	1–5	16.7
Séance	1–3	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	4–2	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	5–7	41.7
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	3–6	33.3
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	12–9	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	6–5	54.5
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	4–4	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0